suppliant
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A priest flocked by suppliant children entreats Oedipus, renowned for his mental prowess, to find the answer that will rescue the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020
Shooting it frontally, Greene looked up at the timeworn face from the subordinate vantage point of a suppliant.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2019
Though his Evan is no carbon copy of his predecessors in the role, he shares many pathetic mannerisms with them: the twitchy picking at himself, the cul-de-sac speech patterns, the upturned, outstretched, suppliant right hand.
From New York Times • May 23, 2019
Between them, the sweepers have the entire junction both spotless and sealed; its virtually impossible to circumvent the men and their suppliant coin baskets.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2018
Hesiod, not much later than the Odyssey if at all, says of a man who does evil to the suppliant and the stranger, or who wrongs orphan children, “with that man Zeus is angry.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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